Google will buy mobile phones Motorala to $ 12.5 billion to give further impetus to its operating system Android. Google offers $ 40 per share and hopes to finalize the transaction in late 2011 or early 2012.Le Internet giant Google will buy the mobile phone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $ 12.5 billion in cash to build momentum additional operating system Android, according to a joint statement Monday.Motorola Mobility is a leading mobile phone manufacturers to shift all of its range on Android, an operating system "open", unlike that of rival Apple.Google offers $ 40 per share target, which for the shareholders of Motorola Mobility a premium of 63% over the closing price as of Friday (24.47 dollars). The transaction has received unanimous support from the boards of both groups and its promoters hope to finalize in late 2011 or early 2012.If Google is no stranger to acquisitions, prey are more like "startup" that complement its portfolio of technologies. The purchase of Motorola Mobility is an operation of a different magnitude. The transaction also marks the arrival of the group of Mountain View, California, in the world of "hardware" (products), a revolution when he had hitherto confined to one area of software and services.Motorola Mobility is the product of the split, which occurred earlier this year, the group Motorola, a pioneer of mobile telephony. Motorola has seen its once dominant position challenged by the rise of Nokia, then by the manufacturers of smartphones, like Apple and RIM, the maker of BlackBerry.Faced with the accelerating decline of its positions, the head of the group, Sanjay Jha, has staked everything on Android, with some commercial success. "The acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a dedicated partner of Android, will allow Google to 'boost' the ecosystem of Android and will increase competition in mobile computing," welcomed the U.S. group.Despite the purchase of Motorola, Google Android assured remain open to all phone makers. This operating system is already on the rise, as fitted to 43% of the 107.7 million of "smartphones" in the second quarter sold worldwide, according to Gartner.In the second quarter, Motorola Mobility recorded a net loss of $ 56 million on a turnover of 3.34 billion, up 28% and higher than market forecasts.Between March and early July, the company delivered a total of 11 million mobile devices, including 4.4 million smartphones, but only 440,000 tablets brand Xoom.
